Madagascar: France claims not to have favoured Rajoelina


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Paris has “did not favour” the change of power in Madagascar, Alain Joyandet, Secretary of State for Cooperation, said Tuesday, TV5 reported. “We especially want to be guarantors of peace and protect the 20 000 French citizens in Madagascar, out of which half are dual-national, he stressed. France hosted Andry Rajoelina a week ago in one of their diplomatic residences in the capital, after he had asked for protection.

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